A design-led boutique hotel set inside a historic landmark, The Moore is a quiet, immersive retreat where architecture, art, and hospitality converge in the heart of Miami’s Design District.
Unlike beachfront resorts or high-energy lifestyle hotels, The Moore trades spectacle for intentionality—offering a gallery-like, deeply curated experience rooted in design and cultural proximity. Its edge is intimacy, architectural significance, and a true sense of place; its tradeoff is that it’s not built for mass tourism, party seekers, or amenity overload.
Design-forward travelers who care about architecture, art, and atmosphere as much as comfort. Creative professionals (fashion, art, media, tech) visiting Miami for work, fairs, or inspiration. Weekend urban escape seekers from NYC/LA looking for something more intimate than a beachfront resort. Culturally curious couples who prefer boutique, walkable neighborhoods over tourist-heavy zones.
Modernist, airy, sun-washed, sculptural, quiet luxury, gallery-like calm, tropical light, soft concrete, linen textures, slow mornings, intentional design, understated sophistication, cultural depth, warm minimalism, Miami without the chaos.
The Moore sits in the Miami Design District, inside a landmark 1920s building originally conceived as a furniture showroom—an origin that still echoes in its spatial drama and reverence for design. At its heart is the soaring four-story atrium, now defined by Zaha Hadid’s iconic installation “Elastika,” transforming the building into a living dialogue between history and contemporary art. The hotel feels less like a traditional hospitality space and more like a curated cultural residence. It draws from European boutique hotel sensibilities—intimate scale, high-touch experience, aesthetic coherence—while grounding itself in Miami’s evolving identity as a global design capital. There’s a deliberate contrast at play: brutalist geometry softened by tropical light, historic bones animated by futuristic design, exclusivity without pretension. It’s a place for people who notice materials, who care about proportion and silence, who want to feel embedded in a creative ecosystem rather than isolated from it. The Moore is not about spectacle in the Miami Beach sense—it’s about restraint, intention, and cultural proximity. Steps from galleries, fashion houses, and design studios, it positions itself as a quiet anchor within a neighborhood built on visual expression.
Zaha Hadid’s “Elastika” installation Four-story atrium Miami Design District location Architectural heritage (1920s Moore Building) Gallery-like interiors Design-driven suites Proximity to luxury fashion houses and galleries Private, club-like atmosphere Art + design programming Walkability and neighborhood immersion
| Address | 4040 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33137, US |
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| Neighborhood | Miami Design District |